It’s fantastic that Grabau will be playing Division I basketball, and Wyoming’s situation — having only one scholarship point guard on the roster — should allow him to contribute right away.

Grabau has the potential to become a Devon Beitzel-type player for the Cowboys. Beitzel, a former standout at Centaurus, led Northern Colorado to its first-ever NCAA tournament last March, averaging 21.5 points per game.

In my mind, the in-state college coaches should have never let Grabau leave the state.

I know Tad Boyle is taking a harder look at Colorado’s top kids. (Shoot, he already has secured 2012 commitments from Lewis-Palmer center Josh Scott[9] and Sierra forward Wesley Gordon[10].) But are you telling me Grabau, who played his high school basketball a stone’s throw from CU’s Coors Events Center, didn’t open Boyle’s eyes during Boulder’s run through the 5A tournament?

What about CSU’s Tim Miles? Or Northern Colorado’s B.J. Hill?

To be fair, we don’t know if Grabau was interested in CSU or Northern Colorado. But if Grabau is good enough to play, and likely start right away, at Wyoming, he’s good enough to at least garner a scholarship offer from CSU and UNC.

It’s fairly well known that Grabau would’ve liked to play at CU. It’s too bad that never materialized as an option for him.

Footnote. Things will definitely be changing for Boulder boys basketball next season. Not only do the Panthers lose Grabau, head coach Alan Schulz resigned earlier this month[11], and they will likely also be without Croatian junior center Loren Ban, who was in the U.S. for one year.